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How do young people feel about AI? 7 teens weigh in
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (294+ words) For 15-year-old Charles Ansevin, in Gates Mills, Ohio, ChatGPT is like a friend. "We've been able to have very meaningful, you know, intelligent discussions." But Dorian Prado, 16, of Forth Worth, Texas, says he's "very against AI." "It makes it to…...
This English professor has run with the bulls in Spain for two decades
3+ day, 31+ min ago (102+ words) When Bill Hillmann was 19 years old, he read Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. That book inspired him to pursue two dreams: a career in literature and to run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This English professor has run…...
A veteran foreign correspondent looks back on a career covering conflicts
3+ day, 31+ min ago (57+ words) For Reporter's Notebook we hear about what it takes to cover conflict over a decades-long career as a foreign correspondent. A veteran foreign correspondent looks back on a career covering conflicts For Reporter's Notebook we hear about what it takes…...
The Trump administration is changing student loans. Will it affect what people study?: Consider This from NPR
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (173+ words) July has brought a lot of changes to how the federal government handles student loans.They include how much students are able to borrow.And now, the government is assessing loans through a test: Based on how much money students…...
No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1061+ words) Catch up on what you missed with our Education newsletter, sent weekly. A program that helps connect schools and libraries to the internet at discounted rates is under review by the Federal Communications Commission. Educators and advocates are bracing for…...
In private call, Education Dept. tried, but failed, to reassure disability advocates
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (426+ words) Catch up on what you missed with our Education newsletter, sent weekly. In a call with disability rights advocates Thursday, officials from the U.S. Department of Education tried to ease concerns about plans to move the agency's special education offices to…...
New aviation mechanics graduate with jobs in hand, thanks to a labor shortage
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (1223+ words) A job forecast from Boeing says the aviation industry will need to hire 123,000 maintenance technicians in North America through 2044. Here, workers lower jacks holding up a Boeing 767-300 airplane at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., in 2024. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via…...
These high school students won NPR's America 250 Student Podcast Challenge
1+ week, 2+ day ago (60+ words) NPR These high school students won NPR's America 250 Student Podcast Challenge We asked students around the country to reflect on the phrase "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and recorded what the high schoolers had to say. Note: This…...
Move over Chutes & Ladders: Schisto & Ladders has educational value plus worms
1+ week, 3+ day ago (575+ words) The game "Schisto & Ladders" is introduced to students in an elementary school in a part of Nigeria where the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis, spread by parasitic worms, affects many residents. This version of the classic "Chutes & Ladders" games aims to…...
How young people feel about American identity, on the nation's 250th birthday
1+ week, 4+ day ago (874+ words) As the nation marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, NPR asked students all around the country to reflect on the moment and to make podcasts about the American experience and what "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" means to…...